Civil Engineering - Environmental Engineering
The field of environmental engineering is concerned with studying, modeling, and mitigating contaminants in water, soil, and the air. The research in the field of environmental engineering at UBC O includes projects headed by Dr. Cigdem Eskicioglu, Dr. Deborah Roberts, Dr. Rehan Sadiq, Dr. Bahman Naser, Dr. Sumi Siddiqua and Dr. Solomon Tesfamariam. We are currently developing world-class facilities for experimental and theoretical research in the following specific areas:
Novel anaerobic treatment systems - Emerging biosolids pretreatment processes
- Innovative biowaste to energy technology
- Real-time detection of pathogens in water
- Sustainable drinking water distribution systems
- Human and ecological risk assessment
- Contaminant fate and transport modeling
- Advanced modeling of biological systems
- River engineering
- Soil remediation
- Influence of pore fluid chemistry on the behaviour of clayey material
The academic program includes advanced environmental engineering courses. Students select their courses in consultation with their research supervisor and the graduate chair. The undergraduate or previous graduate preparation, the knowledge required for the research project and the student’s career plans are taken into account during course selection and academic planning.
If students are interested in licensure from APEGBC as environmental engineers please see the APEGBC academic requirements for Environmental Engineers by clicking here.
To apply to the program please determine which of the faculty members from the links above performs research in an area of your interest, choose one as a potential mentor and follow the apply now link below.
Students seeking to specialize in Environmental Engineering should take at least 3 of the following mandatory courses:
<Mandatory Courses
|
Course |
Credit |
Title |
|
ENGR 541 |
3 |
Water Resources Modeling |
|
ENGR 543 |
3 |
Environmental Engineering Laboratory |
|
ENGR 546 |
3 |
Biological Treatment Processes |
|
ENGR 548 |
3 |
Engineering Microbiology |
|
ENGR 549 |
3 |
Environmental Risk Analysis |
Students should choose up to 3 electives from the following courses.
Graduate Courses
|
Course |
Credit |
Title |
|
ENGR 502 |
3 |
Technical Communication for Engineering Research |
|
ENGR 515 |
3 |
Reliability Engineering and System Safety |
|
ENGR 520 |
3 |
Energy Transformations in the Environment |
|
ENGR 531 |
3 |
Infrastructure Management |
|
ENGR 532 |
3 |
Project Planning and Control |
|
ENGR 589 |
3 |
Multicriteria Optimization and Design of Experiments |
|
ENGR 598 |
3 |
Anaerobic Digestion Processes |
|
ENGR 598 |
3 |
Modeling of Biological Treatment Processes |
|
CIVL 565 |
3 |
Physical Chemical Treatment |
Italics indicate Vancouver courses that may be offered to UBC O through distance education
Undergraduate Courses
A maximum of 6 credits of 300 or 400 level courses are permitted
May not be taken if a similar course was taken as an undergraduate student
|
Course |
Credit |
Title |
|
CHEM 301 |
3 |
Aqueous Environmental Chemistry |
|
EESC 456 |
3 |
Soil Science |
|
EESC 311 |
3 |
Environmental Impact Assessment |
| ENGR 347 | 3 | Environmental Engineering |
|
ENGR 431 |
3 |
Infrastructure Management |
|
ENGR 442 |
3 |
Water Quality Engineering |
|
ENGR 444 |
3 |
Solid Waste Engineering |
|
ENGR 445 |
3 |
Design of Water and WW Conveyance Systems |
|
ENGR 447 |
3 |
Design of Processes for Water and WW Treatment |
|
GEOG 370 |
3 |
Geographic Information Systems |
Last reviewed 
8/25/2011 12:54:09 AM
